Dr. Saumitra Rawat on Irrfan Khan’s disease: It can be cured with a surgery

Yesterday, Irrfan Khan took to Twitter to inform his fans and friends about his rare disease a NeuroEndocrine Tumour that he is suffering from. He left everyone in shock after sharing this news.

Talking to Dr. Saumitra Rawat, HOD, Surgical Gastroenterology & Liver Transplant, Sri Ganga Ram Hospital, about the matter she said that the former’s disease is curable. She gave more insights and medications on the disease.

Dr. Rawat said, “NeuroEndocrine Tumour is an abnormal growth of Neuroendo cells which are present in bodies. When there is an abnormal growth, then it forms a tumor, normally seen in intestine, pancreas, lung, thyroid and other parts of the body.”

Dr. Rawat on Irrfan’s case said, “Depending on where the tumor is localized, you can take it out surgically and the chances of cure are very high.”

Further, she added that such tumor can be taken out with the help of surgery. And after the surgery, Irrfan have to come for regular check-ups so that we can check if there is any other growth of tumor or not.

On 5 March, first time Irrfan posted on twitter that he will tell everyone about the rare disease himself, don’t speculate about it further.